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To provide a legal framework for Russian military support to Donetsk and Luhansk the Russian President Vladimir Putin had signed executive orders to recognize the Donetsk People's Republic and the Lunhansk People's Republic as independent countries. On Tuesday, February 22, 2022 the Federal Assembly held an extraordinary session and did as Putin had asked. This was sufficient reason for the U.S. and EU to implement their long planned fireworks of sanctions against Russia. [...] Germany halted the approval for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. [...] Sticking to the necessary legal formalities Putin then asked the Federal Council to authorize the use of Russian Armed Forces abroad. Putin then took media questions. He made some interesting points:
➡ Russia recognizes the republics in their constitutional borders, i.e. their original borders in Ukraine before the conflict there started.
➡ He compares Crimea, where a referendum was held and people voted to became part of Russia, with Kosovo, where only a parliament vote was held to declare itself independent.
➡ He lays out what the conditions for peace had been before: Recognition of Crimea as part of Russia, no NATO membership for Ukraine, fulfillment of the Minsk agreements and a certain extend of demilitarization of Ukraine.
➡ Being asked about Ukraine's intend to build and deploy nuclear weapons (as announced by Zelenski on Feb 19 in Munich) Putin responded that the Ukraine has the means to do that. This would be a strategic threat to Russia. (MORE)
■ The Buildup To War In Ukraine - Wednesday, February 23, 2022 (MoA)